National sources

AUSTRIA

Lebensministerium – Federal Ministry of Agriculture and the Environment websiteÖkokauf Wien: Think Green – Buy Green - in German and English (Stadt Wien – City of Vienna)

BELGIUM

Information on GPP and criteria – in Dutch and French (Federal Institute for Sustainable Development)Région wallonne et Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles – Public procurement website
Region of the Brussels Capital city – Information on SPP on the Ministry of the Environment website
Flemish Region – Information on SPP on the Ministry for Governmental Affairs website
Flemish local communities – Information on SPP and Flemish helpdesk website

Umweltfreundliche Beschaffung Green Public Procurement website - in German and English (Umweltbundesamt UBA – German Environmental Protection Agency)Administrative directive on how to implement GPP throughout the procurement process - in German

Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government website in English – contains information on Ireland’s National Action Plan and related initiatives.

ITALY

Information on GPP- in Italian (Ministero dell’Ambiente – Italian Ministry of the Environment)
Information on the National GPP Action-Plan – in Italian and English (Ministero dell’Ambiente –Italian Ministry of the Environment)

GPP Manual – in Spanish (Ayuntamiento de Madrid – City of Madrid)
Information on GPP– in Catalan (Generalitat de Catalunya – Government of Catalonia)City + sustainable: GPP – in Catalan, Spanish and English (l'Ajuntament de Barcelona-City of Barcelona) GPP website Compra pública sostenible in Catalan
GPP in the Basque Country in Euskadi, in Spanish and in English (Ihobe – Basque Agency for Environmental Management). Basque country GPP manual - in Spanish

SWEDEN

GPP website - in Swedish and English (Upphandlingsmyndigheten – The National Agency of Public Procurement)

SWITZERLAND

Information on GPP – in German and French (BBL/OFCL – Federal Procurement Office)

UNITED KINGDOM

The UK Government’s Sustainable Public Purchasing website (for central Government) – DEFRA Department for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsGovernment Buying Standards in English– DEFRAProcuring the Future: Sustainable Procurement National Action Plan in English – DEFRA Sustainable Procurement Strategy for Local Governments in English – Local Government Association (formerly IDeA)